. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ smoke? nah, i'm good. [ male announcer ] celebrate every win with nicoderm cq, the unique patch with time release smartcontrol technology that helps prevent the urge to smoke all day long. help prevent your cravings with nicoderm cq. >>> playing politics with crisis while president obama's dealing with a series situation unfolding in ukraine and many on the right attacking him. but now they have a brand new talking point. today the conflict between russia and ukraine somehow has to do with drilling for oil? >> we can't supplant russia's influence. we won't so long as we have to contend with the energy department's achingly slow approval process. >> i think we should move forward on natural gas exports very quickly. i think we should approve an lng terminal to go to europe. i think we should show that the u.s. is going to be moving forward on becoming energy independent. >> so using this crisis to push a pipeline? yes. and on the headline on a right wing blog says quote, ukraine crisis means